Matthew 21:23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

Cross References

Exodus 2:14

He answered, “Who made you a ruler and judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “Surely the thing is known.”

Matthew 20:4

and he said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went.

Matthew 21:24

Jesus said to them, “I will also ask you one question; if you tell me the answer, then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

Matthew 24:1

As Jesus came out of the temple and was going away, his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple.

Matthew 26:55

At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as though I were a rebel? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not arrest me.

Luke 19:47

Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him,

Luke 20:1

One day as he was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes came with the elders

Acts 4:7

When they had made the prisoners stand in their midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name did you do this?”

Acts 7:27

But the man who was wronging his neighbor pushed Moses aside, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?